Ice-reducer.



PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903.

c. H. MOORE.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1902 N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 29, 1903.

CHARLES H. MOORE, OE BOLTON, ILLINOIS.

lCE-REDUCER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,162, dated September 29, 1903.

Application filed November l 1902. Serial No- 129,'?25. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bolton, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ice-Reducers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in ice-reducers, and the object is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and effectual device for chipping off pieces of ice; and it consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying. drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of my improved ice-reducer, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with parts broken away.

A represents the handle by means of which the reducer is held and operated. On one end it has a head 1 integral therewith, and this head is split through lengthwise on'its outer end to form a pair of jaws 3 3. Reducing-tines l 4 4, preferably three in number, although the number, of course, is subject to variation, are secured between these jaws at suitable distances apart. These reducingtines are preferably straight and of a length to suit the requirements, and at their outer ends are beveled on their upper surfaces, as at 5 5, to produce the effect of a chisel.

A guard B is made, usually of moderately stiff wire bent to form two sides substantially parallel in plan view and approximately 3 shape in elevation, the ends of the guard being inserted between the jaws of the head intermediate the tines, after which the jaws are forced together as tight as possible and held by rivets 6 6 or equivalent means, whereby the entire device is strong and rigid.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the tines cut their way through the ice, forming grooves therein. By beveling these on their outer surfaces the tendency is to feed inward and not to come out to the surface of the ice. The guard prevents too deep a out while following the recess made by the tines. It also holds the reducer in place, and by properly tilting the latter the guard acts to determine the depth of out. By reason of the skeleton formation of the guard the ice is permitted to pass through it as it is broken and chiseled from the large piece. By the use of the tines supported only at their rear ends they are free to out throughout their whole length and the handle is generally made of suitable weight to add an impetus to the movement thereof when in use. In short, an efiectual device is provided which may be placed on the market at a small initial cost.

It is evident thatslight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention,and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construetion herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what Patent, is

1. An ice-reducer comprising a head and handle, the head being split to form jaws, a set of tines received and secured between said jaws, and a guard the ends of which are also received and secured between the jaws.

2. An ice-reducer comprising a head and handle,the head being split to form jaws, tines received and secured between the jaws, and a guard composed of a single wire bent into suitable form, the ends of the wire received and secured between the jaws.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses.

CHARLES H. MOORE.

Witnesses C. E. HELD,

O. E. HEARD, Jr.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 

